Arm Lift: Q&A

Ask a Question

Arm Fat and Loose Skin? (photo)

Hello, I´m a 24 year old woman from Mexico, I´ve had big arms all my life and my weight has fluctuated since I was a kid, so I also have loose skin on my arms. Do you think my arms would look better with a liposuction and maybe an axillary arm lift? I´m also interested on breast augmentation since I have small breast that look even smaller with my big arms! but my breast have also suffered from my weight changes, will breast implants improve their looks? Thank you for your answers

Tags:

Comment on this

7 Doctor Answers | Asked by Tsuki

Doctor Answers (7)
Community Comments (0)

Arm Fat & Loose Skin: Armlift or Lipo?

Thank you for your question and for sharing your photos. From your photos, age and skin quality it seems like you are a reasonable candidate for liposuction of the arms. In patients like yourself I would typically perform laser-assisted liposuction with our without a non-ablative skin tightening treatment like skin tyte or radiofrequency treatments. This approach would reduce the size of your arms and skin laxity without the scars of a brachioplasty or armlift. With... more

Arm Improvement Surgery

Liposuction, Arm lift or Both - Many factors to consider Thanks for submitting you photo. Although an exam would also be required for the best opinion, I would opt for just liposuction and see how things go. As you are young you should have some significant skin retraction which will be helped by wearing an elastic garment postoperatively. You will definitely get significant improvement. If for any reasons you still want further refinement then I would seek the opinion of a board... more

Arm Fat and Loose Skin - Lipo or Arm Lift?

The skin envelope you have appears to be good enough to tolerate liposuction alone. Axillary lifts give good results in very few people. If an axillary lift works, you may not have needed it in the first place. With regard to the breasts, you need an augmentation and a lift.

You might also like...

Real Stories

Finally Getting my Arm Lift! - Vacaville, CA

I have been wanting this for years, and I'm finally doing it. I'm using the same surgeon...

Before + After Photos

View 458 Arm Lift photos

Arm lipo vs lift.

Thanks for sharing your story. You have some volume on the arms in a typical location. Your skin looks healthy and the volume is not great. You are borderline and at this point. You may choose from liposuction or arm lift. There's no clear cut answer, but I suspect liposuction would work nicely and with the quality of your skin get nice some improvements without a large scar. The arm lift will work too, but you may not need it now more in the future. Discuss all these options with a local... more

Aldo Guerra, MD

64 reviews

Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

Arms and Breasts

Lifts on this famously wobbly part of the human anatomy—known familiarly as “Hi Janes” or “Bingo” arms—are particularly popular. Heavy and even moderately droopy arms can be recountoured very effectively with liposuction. Liposuction modifies volume by sucking out fat and because liposuction stimulates the skin to tighten, good elasticity provides a smooth contour after fat is removed. The procedure takes about an hour, the recovery takes just a couple of days, and there's... more

Arm and breast issues

Arm: I think an axillary lift is not likely to accomplish much in the way of improvement. Liposuction will remove some bulk, but may may your skin even looser, so a traditional long incision will work best. You will need to look at some photos of the scars to decide for yourself it that is a good trade off for you. Breast: You will do will to have a breast enlargement, but will also need to consider a breast lift to correct the breast shape... more

Best Operation for Arms and Breasts?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Yes, I think you will do well with armlifting as well as liposuction surgery of the upper arms. How much of an excision (and resulting scar) will be necessary will depend on findings during physical examination. In my opinion, the “axillary arm lift” tends to be over utilized and may leave you dissatisfied with the results of surgery. Keep in mind the significant downside of the arm lift operation: scars, that can be problematic... more

Doctors will not see your comments on their answers. If you'd like to follow up, please go here to ask another question.

Comments (0)

Ask a Question

These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.